2021–22 Real Madrid Baloncesto season
# 2021–22 Real Madrid Baloncesto season

The 2021–22 season was Real Madrid's 91st in existence, their 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish basketball and 15th consecutive season in the EuroLeague. It was also the 11th (and last) season in a row under the reins of head coach Pablo Laso.

Times up to 31 October 2021 and from 27 March 2022 were CEST (UTC+2). Times from 31 October 2021 to 27 March 2022 were CET (UTC+1).

## Overview

### Pre-season

On 18 June, head coach Pablo Laso extended his contract until the end of the 2022–2023 season. Six days later, captain Felipe Reyes announced his retirement after 17 seasons in Madrid. On 6 July, Real Madrid announced Thomas Heurtel as the first signing of the season. Six days later, power forward Guerschon Yabusele signed a one-year contract with the club. On 13 July, Nigel Williams-Goss signed for 2 years. On 23 July, Ádám Hanga was announced as a new signing of the club for the next 2 years.

## Players

### Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | Inactive |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C | Edy Tavares | Vincent Poirier | | | |
| PF | Guerschon Yabusele | Anthony Randolph | | Eli Ndiaye | Trey Thompkins (S) |
| SF | Gabriel Deck | Ádám Hanga | Alberto Abalde | | |
| SG | Fabien Causeur | Rudy Fernández | Jeffery Taylor | Urban Klavžar | |
| PG | Nigel Williams-Goss | Sergio Llull | Carlos Alocén | Juan Núñez | Thomas Heurtel (S) |

### Transactions

**In**

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | PG | Thomas Heurtel | 34 | ASVEL | Transfer | June 2022 | Free | 6 July 2021 |
| 28 | PF | Guerschon Yabusele | 27 | ASVEL | Transfer | June 2022 | Free | 12 July 2021 |
| 0 | G | Nigel Williams-Goss | 28 | Lokomotiv Kuban | Transfer | June 2023 | Free | 13 July 2021 |
| 8 | SF | Ádám Hanga | 34 | Barcelona | Transfer | June 2023 | Free | 13 July 2021 |
| 14 | SF | Gabriel Deck | 28 | Oklahoma City Thunder | Transfer | June 2024 | Free | 19 January 2022 |

**Out**

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | F/C | Alex Tyus | 35 | Pınar Karşıyaka | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 8 | PG | Nicolás Laprovíttola | 33 | Barcelona | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 9 | F/C | Felipe Reyes | 43 | | Retirement | | 24 June 2021 |
| 20 | SG | Jaycee Carroll | 40 | | Retirement | | 30 June 2021 |
| 16 | F/C | Usman Garuba | 21 | Houston Rockets | Transfer | €3,000,000 | 10 August 2021 |
| 11 | PF | Tristan Vukčević | 20 | Partizan | Transfer | Undisclosed | 27 January 2022 |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Liga ACB | 19 September 2021 | 19 June 2022 | Round 1 | Winners | 43 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 3,597 | 3,248 | +349 | 076.74 |
| EuroLeague | 30 September 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Round 1 | Runners-up | 38 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 3,052 | 2,863 | +189 | 068.42 |
| Copa del Rey | 17 February 2022 | 20 February 2022 | Quarter-finals | Runners-up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 226 | 205 | +21 | 066.67 |
| Supercopa de España | 11 September 2021 | 12 September 2021 | Semi-finals | Winners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 153 | +7 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 86 | 63 | 0 | 23 | 7,035 | 6,469 | +566 | 073.26 |

Source: Competitions

### Liga ACB

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Barça | 34 | 27 | 7 | 2833 | 2539 | +294 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2840 | 2580 | +260 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Valencia Basket | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2827 | 2702 | +125 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Joventut | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2776 | 2666 | +110 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Lenovo Tenerife | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2819 | 2685 | +134 | Qualification to playoffs |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 34 | 25 | 9 | 2840 | 2580 | +260 | 11 | 6 | 1412 | 1268 | +144 | 14 | 3 | 1428 | 1312 | +116 |

Last updated: 14 May 2022. Source: Competitive matches

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### ACB Playoffs

Win  Loss

### EuroLeague

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2222 | 2045 | +177 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | A|X Armani Exchange Milan | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2069 | 1992 | +77 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2181 | 2079 | +102 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2272 | 2209 | +63 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Anadolu Efes | 28 | 16 | 12 | 2322 | 2221 | +101 | Qualification to playoffs |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 28 | 18 | 10 | 2181 | 2079 | +102 | 12 | 2 | 1138 | 1035 | +103 | 6 | 8 | 1043 | 1044 | −1 |

Last updated: 17 April 2022. Source: Competitive matches

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | N | N | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | N | L | N | L | W | W | W | W | N | L | L | – | W | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |

### EuroLeague Playoffs

**Quarterfinals**

Win  Loss

### EuroLeague Final Four

Win  Loss

### Copa del Rey

Win  Loss

## Statistics

### Liga ACB

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edy Tavares | 42 | 39 | 21:45 | 66.1% | – | 75% | 7.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 10.3 | 17 |
| Vincent Poirier | 43 | 4 | 17:58 | 58.5% | 14.3% | 79.4% | 5.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 8.7 | 13.5 |
| Guerschon Yabusele | 42 | 40 | 26:10 | 56.1% | 39.6% | 77.7% | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 10.9 | 13.2 |
| Gabriel Deck | 23 | 14 | 22:59 | 56% | 40.8% | 87.7% | 4.8 | 1.7 | 0.4 | – | 10.1 | 12 |
| Ádám Hanga | 37 | 29 | 20:08 | 53.1% | 35.9% | 73.9% | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 8.5 | 9.7 |
| Thomas Heurtel | 26 | 10 | 17:44 | 39.2% | 46.1% | 88% | 2.4 | 4.2 | 0.5 | – | 8.3 | 9 |
| Nigel Williams-Goss | 27 | 17 | 18:52 | 56.1% | 29.5% | 83.3% | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.7 | – | 7.4 | 7.7 |
| Sergio Llull | 38 | 2 | 17:14 | 38.8% | 34% | 81.8% | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.2 | – | 9.2 | 6.9 |
| Fabien Causeur | 36 | 24 | 19:26 | 53.1% | 33.9% | 82.2% | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 6.8 |
| Alberto Abalde | 31 | 16 | 17:35 | 47.3% | 32.2% | 87.2% | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | – | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Rudy Fernández | 29 | 0 | 15:38 | 38.9% | 34.1% | 72.4% | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 6.1 | 6 |
| Anthony Randolph | 25 | 2 | 11:29 | 52.5% | 34.9% | 88.2% | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| Jeffery Taylor | 33 | 11 | 16:18 | 57.5% | 34.6% | 57.1% | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 2.8 |
| Tristan Vukčević | 12 | 2 | 8:58 | 61.1% | 26.7% | 41.7% | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | – | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| Carlos Alocén | 11 | 2 | 10:11 | 31.3% | 31.8% | 62.5% | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | – | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| Trey Thompkins | 3 | 0 | 18:05 | 50% | 30% | 100% | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | – | 5.3 | 1.3 |
| Juan Núñez | 22 | 3 | 6:01 | 26.1% | 16.7% | 54.5% | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | – | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| Urban Klavžar | 2 | 0 | 3:14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | -3 |
| Eli Ndiaye | 1 | 0 | 0:58 | 100% | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL | | | | 53.6% | 35.3% | 78.3% | 38.2 | 15.7 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 83.7 | 97.2 |

Source: ACB

### EuroLeague

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edy Tavares | 35 | 34 | 22:58 | 68.8% | – | 75% | 7.5 | 1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 10.9 | 18.4 |
| Vincent Poirier | 37 | 5 | 17:58 | 58.3% | – | 77.3% | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 7.4 | 11.7 |
| Guerschon Yabusele | 36 | 34 | 27:35 | 56.9% | 40.5% | 80% | 4.8 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 11.9 | 13.5 |
| Gabriel Deck | 11 | 9 | 25:24 | 60% | 46.7% | 82.6% | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | – | 9.5 | 11.1 |
| Ádám Hanga | 31 | 26 | 18:51 | 51.6% | 30.4% | 71.4% | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| Thomas Heurtel | 27 | 14 | 19:20 | 43.9% | 39.4% | 81.3% | 2.4 | 4.6 | 0.6 | – | 9 | 9.7 |
| Nigel Williams-Goss | 29 | 16 | 16:34 | 43.2% | 31.6% | 80% | 2.1 | 2.4 | 0.3 | – | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| Sergio Llull | 36 | 2 | 19:45 | 37.1% | 29.6% | 68.4% | 1.7 | 2.8 | 0.5 | – | 8.8 | 6.4 |
| Fabien Causeur | 28 | 18 | 20:03 | 59.3% | 44.1% | 71.4% | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 6.7 |
| Alberto Abalde | 30 | 19 | 18:46 | 43.3% | 32% | 72.7% | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | – | 6 | 5.4 |
| Rudy Fernández | 34 | 0 | 18:30 | 55.6% | 32.7% | 75% | 3 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 6 | 7.5 |
| Anthony Randolph | 17 | 1 | 9:01 | 54.5% | 33.3% | 85.7% | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Jeffery Taylor | 23 | 8 | 13:04 | 55.6% | 43.8% | 100% | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| Tristan Vukčević | 9 | 1 | 6:34 | 44.4% | 30% | 50% | 1.2 | 0.2 | – | 0.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Carlos Alocén | 9 | 2 | 10:46 | 35.3% | 11.1% | 81.8% | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | – | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Trey Thompkins | 13 | 0 | 12:53 | 36.7% | 50% | 100% | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 3.8 |
| Juan Núñez | 10 | 0 | 4:36 | 30.8% | 66.7% | – | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | – | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Urban Klavžar | 1 | 0 | 22:53 | 50% | 66.7% | – | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | 7 |
| Eli Ndiaye | 4 | 0 | 3:37 | 100% | – | – | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – | 1 | 1.5 |
| Sediq Garuba | 2 | 1 | 8:02 | 33.3% | – | – | 0.5 | – | 0.5 | – | 1 | -1 |
| Baba Miller | 1 | 0 | 1:54 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | -1 |
| TOTAL | | | | 53.1% | 35.4% | 76.4% | 38.3 | 18.1 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 78.9 | 91.2 |

Source: EuroLeague

### Copa del Rey

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edy Tavares | 3 | 2 | 22:45 | 63.2% | – | 58.3% | 6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 13.7 |
| Guerschon Yabusele | 3 | 3 | 25:37 | 50% | 66.7% | 66.7% | 5 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 8.7 | 13.7 |
| Thomas Heurtel | 3 | 1 | 20:05 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 80% | 2.7 | 6 | – | – | 11.3 | 13 |
| Vincent Poirier | 3 | 1 | 16:03 | 66.7% | – | 100% | 2 | 1 | – | 0.7 | 6 | 8 |
| Alberto Abalde | 3 | 3 | 18:10 | 53.8% | 42.9% | 100% | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | – | 8.7 | 8 |
| Jeffery Taylor | 2 | 2 | 21:28 | 100% | 50% | – | 2.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 7 | 8 |
| Rudy Fernández | 2 | 0 | 12:20 | 66.7% | 30% | 50% | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | – | 7 | 6 |
| Trey Thompkins | 3 | 0 | 13:10 | 40% | 60% | 100% | 0.3 | – | 0.7 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 5 |
| Nigel Williams-Goss | 1 | 0 | 11:58 | – | 100% | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 4 |
| Fabien Causeur | 2 | 2 | 23:36 | 40% | 16.7% | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 5.5 | 4 |
| Ádám Hanga | 3 | 0 | 13:45 | 50% | 37.5% | – | 1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | – | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| Sergio Llull | 3 | 0 | 13:12 | 57.1% | 9.1% | 75% | 1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | – | 4.7 | 1.3 |
| Gabriel Deck | 2 | 1 | 22:22 | 44.4% | – | 66.7% | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | – | 5 | 0.5 |
| TOTAL | | | | 58.2% | 36% | 67.4% | 32 | 15.3 | 9 | 4.7 | 75.3 | 81.3 |

Source: ACB

